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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Hernando Colón’s lost library catalog has been rediscovered

A massive library catalog filled with summaries of thousands of books from more than 500 years ago, many of which no longer exist, has just surfaced in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Apr 17, 2019 • 1 min read

A massive library catalog filled with summaries of thousands of books from more than 500 years ago, many of which no longer exist, has just surfaced in Copenhagen, Denmark. The original owner of the library it documents is Hernando Colón, the illegitimate son of Christopher Columbus. This 2,000 page tome sat untouched for over 300 years.

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    Barbara Bogaev

    radio journalist

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    Sarah Sweeney

    Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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    Michell Eloy

    Line Editor, Press Play

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    Producer, 'Press Play'

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    Dr. Edward Wilson-Lee

    author of “The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books”

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